Honestly, having a few bicycles stolen over the years, I know it definitely isn't as the thieves would strip the bike out of all accessories attached to it so it doesn't get recognised anywhere.
Great in depth video but it would be nice if you compiled all the main points into the first 30s or so just for those of us that are just browsing TH-cam for different products to look for the best one. I just want to quickly but something decent! 🙂
Presumably there isn't a setting where the light is currently off, but the 'brake light increase' feature is on i.e. the unit operates like a car brake light .... lights up from off on braking?
Hi David, that would actually be a real nice feature...but not available at the moment. I'll feed this back to Vodafone as it's a cracker idea! Maybe in a future firmware update...
That feature has been available from the outset. You simply disable the light function via app or harrdware button, and the unit will act as a brake light only ....just like a car. So during daylight hours you can have brake light and during nightfall you can switch the light on to get dual functions of light & brake light. It was one of the very first things I checked for when I bought it back in June..So no need for a firmware update as the feature is there already.
Is there an option to switch off the alarm bit but leave the GPS tracking on? I can set a range on the app so it tells me when it is out of that range and it would be great if that's possible without the alarm going off, so basically you would track the bike in stealth mode. Also how does one turn off the damn really loud alarm off when one accidentally triggers it? Other than trying to attach the light bit again ASAP.
Some good questions! I believe you can turn the alarm off and still track the bike 👍 so stealth tracking is a goer! you can turn the alarm off in the app... but that's still going to take a few seconds to sort out if the alarm starts going off 😆.
@@wiggle Thanks. Stealth mode might not be a good idea after all if they just get rid of the alarm first. My solution when I first triggered the alarm was to sit on it so it's at least dampened down a bit 😆 I was then able to think about how to turn it off. I just pray it won't go off due to wrong GPS signal thinking my bike has moved! It'll wake up the whole neighborhood!!
@@ireneartho3721 to sit on it 😆The alarm is triggered by a movement sensor in the unit so no bad GPS data should set it off unexpectedly. Thinking about it, you could use it on a whole host of things you don't want to get nicked 😅
Hi I seen one of these on Ebay the other day but missed it and I cant find anywhere that sells them even on the vodafone website can you help with where to purchase one of these please Thank You
Love the styling. It duplicates a few features that a smart phone will do. I like the taillight reacting to breaking. Would be interesting if it detected traffic that was too close to you. How robust is the device? Not for a crash but just a drop test? Does the plastic(?) feel premium? I like the alarm and love the ability to check on my bike while at work.
Hi Deane, apologies for the late reply on this one! Tail light breaking is a mega feature on this I think they should have promoted more! Device has held up well after a few weeks testing, plastics pretty solid and doesn't seem like cheap quality that would crack/snap easily. Cool concept and the start of a new bike tracking movement I think 👍 Thanks for the comment
so if I grab my bike at lunch time to nip to the shop but I left the light charging at my desk, will the alarm go off? Be great to see some options for mounting, maybe between saddle rails, or inbetween seat stays. Saddle bags, mudguards etc can make it tricky to find a free spot to mount on the seatpost, especially for shorter riders with a lower saddle height
Hi Richard, very good question! The alarm can be turned off via your phone app so compleatly doeable without the light. Good point on mounting options, i'm sure it would fit on most thinner tubular frames as the biggest setting on it is pretty huge! Hope that helps
But where did they put the charge points? We’re they clever enough to have it on the side of the unit so for longer rides you can connect a power bank or does light need to be disconnected?
A very good point, and the answer is no. They are hidden in the body and can only be charged when the two units are separated. So if your a long distance cyclist looking to use this...that could be a fatal flaw! Thanks for the comment Iain👍
You can charge the "brains", the main unit, in the way you describe but the light unit needs to be disconnected from the main unit in order to be charged.
Firstly, the review is good, except for one thing - they don't test it in the real world. If you see reviews of those that have they all say they hardware is great, but its let down by the software, and the product just doesn't work as it should.
Hi Russell, thanks for the feedback. I only gave it a quick test outside before putting this out. If you have bought this through wiggle and are not satisfied feel free to get in contact with our customer service team 👍
@@russellwillmoth2284 A good point! and i'd imagine that would be a separate problem that would have to be dealt with Vodaphone. I believe they have a period of time where you can cancel with no problem but past that it might be harder.
You mentioned the light has three modes, mine can’t get into the flashing mode. Also when I remove the light I have the white light flashing on the tracker. How does that turn off
Hi Tamer, no it works in many countries (you'd have to check the Vodaphone website for that). I believe we may only be able to ship it to the UK. Hope that helps
Yeah it's not flawless. Think mots thieves at the moment don't know about this so the alarm would still go off for a while...might deter them...might not!
simple solution: do not have a quick release seatpost. They're a daft idea anyway. Buy a seatpost lock and saddle loock (the best being by Pinhead Locks).
Hi Mark, 100% they could. The old trick of running the bike lock through the saddle rails could help. You'd just hope the alarm would give you a few seconds of sound whilst they were fiddling.
Even if the remove the seat the alarm should sound a d at the same time you should be notified on your phone. And I guess you would still have a lock the thief needs to deal with.
If I am a thief I would remove the seat post to get rid of the 107db noisy thing without a need for a security screwdriver etc just a hex key.... Just saying... Vodafone Security all over... Useless...
Ah it's not stopping a thief if they really want it... it might deter a few of the less confident ones if they are in a busy environment and the noise goes off.
i dont understand. if it sounds an alarm then the thieves will just rip it off. I want it for the GPS so can track after stolen. Thieves these days will run you over or stab you for your bike. that alarm will just make them destroy it and then youre fucked.
Yeah you are right...some thieves are pretty unstoppable these days. Think this is more of a deteraint for the ones who try and nick them quitetly. Quite nice to turn the alarm off so you can track it afterwards...
you should not be relying on this as your sole or main means of security. If you take a multi-layered approach, this will be one additional headache for a thief which may cause him to move on to an easier bike to steal.
@@paullevy-adophy9198 people where i live do not care about alarms. They will stab you in the face and take your bike no matter what. if you have a hidden GPS you can recover your bike. if the GPS has an alarm blasting out, the theife will rip it off hence you have no device to recover your bike. Thats my point. Dont alert a dumbarse to where the device is in the first place. My bike is worth nearly 3 thousand pounds theres gangs near me that drive around in stiolen cars and ram you off beat you up and take your bike. a silly little alarm isnt going to stop them. i do have a multilayerd approach. i use my eyes and carry a big axe and a knife.
@@Battl3field it sounds like ya live in London or one of our other rough city areas. Yeah, that ram raiding of cyclists is now a common occurrence. Which is why I am furious with our wimp waste of space lazy arse cops, do-gooder namby-pamby bleeding heart liberal social workers, wimp judiciary and namby-pamby laws. For starters, given the COVID situation and environmental concerns, theft of a bike or handling a stolen bike should ALWAYS lead to a custodial sentence and YES even for so-called youths. Next, anyone involved in stealing of bikes should have the past six years of their finances examined, with the assumption being that all their funds are derived from crime (this power already exists in our law but lazy arse Crown prosecution Service don't bother to use it except for grandstanding headline grabbing cases), and if there's no good explanation for the source of their income then confiscate every damned thing they own including their damned Nike trainers and Playstation. Next, if they can't help the police clear up crime by telling the cops who their contacts are for disposal of stolen bikes, then they should be given an addition 33% on the prison sentence. Next, we should introduce a law similar to that which was introduced in Texas many years ago. Namely, in defence of your property, person or home, you are entitled to use deadly force and any such force, whether resulting in death or not, should be deemed in law to be reasonable. So the prosecution will have the difficult task, in order to secure your conviction, of showing that you were not protecting property etc. I think those things would put victims back in the driving seat. As it stands now, the lowlife vermin waste of oxygen scum of this world, well at least here in the UK, seem to have the upper hand.
Nice guy...garbage (oh wait this is a UK review) Rubbish review. Also the last thing you want is a screaming alarm that can be easily removed from the bicycle, thus losing any kind of real time tracking. Well that is assuming it offers real time tracking and not just a ping here and there. Unfortunately our presenter was too busy playing with it to give us a comprehensive review. 🙄
Ok I got 1 of these a year ago and loved it until last Friday when my bike was actually stolen I got notified I ran to find bike gone and 8 days later the tracker still can’t find it says it hasn’t moved police think they heard the alarm and smashed the tracker so beware thieves no what they look like and how to destroy them
Sorry to hear about the bike Derek... the WORST news. As much as these devices may stop prevent some of these thieves it won't stop the committed ones. Hope you find your bike and thanks for the feedback
I cant add the device to smart app. Does not show the curve bike, just the curve. Selected the curve but cant find my device, I even tried to add using the imei
@@wiggle thanks for the answer! Yes, I did, he's trying to talk to Vodafone, but I think strange that on the app the curve bike is not listed, just the regular Curve. Thank you
Hi all Quick wee customer review after owning this for around a month/70 miles, great light/tracker for the measly sum of £2.99 for the months subscription. In my opinion will it stop a thief, probably not nothing will but at least you know when it was no longer part of your possessions, provided the potential thief doesn’t have a brain cell you will also know exactly where it is white in seconds of it moving. I’ve found using my mirror that drivers behind are a lot more aware of my presence with it on, not sure about the brake light function as I didn’t even know it was available, for the £9.99 it cost me from Vodafone it’s worth every penny, anything that keeps you visible is a definite needed upgrade. Briefly on the battery output I’ve found it lasts me around the 2/3 days or approximately 50 ish miles of riding on permanent lighting as appose to flashing. Safe riding.
Hi Trebor. Always great to hear back from users with experience. I'd agree with you 100%. Good light with the tracking and "potential" help from theifs... but won't stop the committed ones! Thanks for the feedback
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Will you be buying a Vodafone Curve???
Honestly, having a few bicycles stolen over the years, I know it definitely isn't as the thieves would strip the bike out of all accessories attached to it so it doesn't get recognised anywhere.
Hell yes sadly I've got a pannier bag that will be covering the light but thank you
Without a doubt my purchase of the year. 2022.
I just got it but it doesn't let me download the app on my Android phone and on my Iphone it just says "Something went wrong"
off to a bad start xD
Great in depth video but it would be nice if you compiled all the main points into the first 30s or so just for those of us that are just browsing TH-cam for different products to look for the best one. I just want to quickly but something decent! 🙂
Presumably there isn't a setting where the light is currently off, but the 'brake light increase' feature is on i.e. the unit operates like a car brake light .... lights up from off on braking?
Hi David, that would actually be a real nice feature...but not available at the moment. I'll feed this back to Vodafone as it's a cracker idea! Maybe in a future firmware update...
That feature has been available from the outset. You simply disable the light function via app or harrdware button, and the unit will act as a brake light only ....just like a car. So during daylight hours you can have brake light and during nightfall you can switch the light on to get dual functions of light & brake light. It was one of the very first things I checked for when I bought it back in June..So no need for a firmware update as the feature is there already.
It's a fantastic idea. But as always it's about the price?
It's around the same price of a good rear light but with GPS tracking - plus it's cheaper than replacing a bike!
£80
Excellent thorough information you have answered all my queries and more
Thanks Callum 👍 Glad it could help
Wonder if you can import the insight data to garmin/strava, that'd be a winner
Would be a real good update that... 100% a good shout!
Is there an option to switch off the alarm bit but leave the GPS tracking on? I can set a range on the app so it tells me when it is out of that range and it would be great if that's possible without the alarm going off, so basically you would track the bike in stealth mode.
Also how does one turn off the damn really loud alarm off when one accidentally triggers it? Other than trying to attach the light bit again ASAP.
Some good questions! I believe you can turn the alarm off and still track the bike 👍 so stealth tracking is a goer! you can turn the alarm off in the app... but that's still going to take a few seconds to sort out if the alarm starts going off 😆.
@@wiggle Thanks. Stealth mode might not be a good idea after all if they just get rid of the alarm first.
My solution when I first triggered the alarm was to sit on it so it's at least dampened down a bit 😆 I was then able to think about how to turn it off. I just pray it won't go off due to wrong GPS signal thinking my bike has moved! It'll wake up the whole neighborhood!!
@@ireneartho3721 to sit on it 😆The alarm is triggered by a movement sensor in the unit so no bad GPS data should set it off unexpectedly. Thinking about it, you could use it on a whole host of things you don't want to get nicked 😅
@@wiggle Does alarm turn off automatically after some time it was moved or will it beep until owner turns it off ?
Hi I seen one of these on Ebay the other day but missed it and I cant find anywhere that sells them even on the vodafone website can you help with where to purchase one of these please Thank You
Not sure now as we’ve run out of stock too! Good luck 🤞
Love the styling. It duplicates a few features that a smart phone will do. I like the taillight reacting to breaking. Would be interesting if it detected traffic that was too close to you. How robust is the device? Not for a crash but just a drop test? Does the plastic(?) feel premium? I like the alarm and love the ability to check on my bike while at work.
Hi Deane, apologies for the late reply on this one! Tail light breaking is a mega feature on this I think they should have promoted more! Device has held up well after a few weeks testing, plastics pretty solid and doesn't seem like cheap quality that would crack/snap easily. Cool concept and the start of a new bike tracking movement I think 👍 Thanks for the comment
so if I grab my bike at lunch time to nip to the shop but I left the light charging at my desk, will the alarm go off?
Be great to see some options for mounting, maybe between saddle rails, or inbetween seat stays. Saddle bags, mudguards etc can make it tricky to find a free spot to mount on the seatpost, especially for shorter riders with a lower saddle height
Hi Richard, very good question! The alarm can be turned off via your phone app so compleatly doeable without the light. Good point on mounting options, i'm sure it would fit on most thinner tubular frames as the biggest setting on it is pretty huge! Hope that helps
Maybe a silly question but do you need to have a vodaphone phone contract to use this ?
Not a silly question at all...I should have mentioned... it will work with any smartphone running on any network 👍
This is a totally separate contract to any phone and works independently.
Why did they not put a camera in it aswell. I'll only buy one if I get one of those cups with it.
Zippy, that really would have made it! ahhh the wiggle mugs...I'll see what we can do
How do you turn the light off when riding in the daytime?
Beleive it's designed to be a daytime runner...... I think it's an option in the phone settings to turn it off tho 👍
Simply press and hold power button for 3 seconds, and the light will turn off with only the brake light function remaining
First problem is that bike lights are more often stolen than bikes
But where did they put the charge points?
We’re they clever enough to have it on the side of the unit so for longer rides you can connect a power bank or does light need to be disconnected?
A very good point, and the answer is no. They are hidden in the body and can only be charged when the two units are separated. So if your a long distance cyclist looking to use this...that could be a fatal flaw! Thanks for the comment Iain👍
You can charge the "brains", the main unit, in the way you describe but the light unit needs to be disconnected from the main unit in order to be charged.
Firstly, the review is good, except for one thing - they don't test it in the real world. If you see reviews of those that have they all say they hardware is great, but its let down by the software, and the product just doesn't work as it should.
Hi Russell, thanks for the feedback. I only gave it a quick test outside before putting this out. If you have bought this through wiggle and are not satisfied feel free to get in contact with our customer service team 👍
@@wiggle But, who gets back the money of the contract with Vodaphone if the product won't work?
@@russellwillmoth2284 A good point! and i'd imagine that would be a separate problem that would have to be dealt with Vodaphone. I believe they have a period of time where you can cancel with no problem but past that it might be harder.
Comedy sequence starts at 04:23 😄
😆 nothing ever works on camera!
@@wiggle Don't stop. I hate it if everything's scripted from the get go! Good work 👏 👍
You mentioned the light has three modes, mine can’t get into the flashing mode. Also when I remove the light I have the white light flashing on the tracker. How does that turn off
Ah it should just be an option from clicking the button on in the settings? The lights on the thing confuse me tbh!
Spoke to Vodafone. English stock should have 3 modes, German stock 1 mode. white flashing mode is bluetooth pairing.
not bad
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Brilliant x2
Thanks x2 🤟
Does it work only in Britain ? It can be ordered only to UK adress
Hi Tamer, no it works in many countries (you'd have to check the Vodaphone website for that). I believe we may only be able to ship it to the UK. Hope that helps
Wondering if this is available in Canada?
Yeah should be available in Canada, worth double checking the Vodafone network and if it's covered for canada.
Is the light always on?
The light can be off too! should have mentioned that 👍
Only down side is it takes two seconds to remove the quick release seat post then the tracker is useless
Yeah it's not flawless. Think mots thieves at the moment don't know about this so the alarm would still go off for a while...might deter them...might not!
simple solution: do not have a quick release seatpost. They're a daft idea anyway. Buy a seatpost lock and saddle loock (the best being by Pinhead Locks).
Wouldn't a savvy bike thief just remove it? I know it has the security screw, but they could just remove the whole seat post?
Hi Mark, 100% they could. The old trick of running the bike lock through the saddle rails could help. You'd just hope the alarm would give you a few seconds of sound whilst they were fiddling.
Even if the remove the seat the alarm should sound a d at the same time you should be notified on your phone. And I guess you would still have a lock the thief needs to deal with.
Solution is simple. Buy a saddle and seatpost lock.
@@paullevy-adophy9198 lock can be open, otherwise lock would be just enought and no GPS would be needed
If I am a thief I would remove the seat post to get rid of the 107db noisy thing without a need for a security screwdriver etc just a hex key.... Just saying... Vodafone Security all over... Useless...
Ah it's not stopping a thief if they really want it... it might deter a few of the less confident ones if they are in a busy environment and the noise goes off.
HES JUAN MATAAAAAAAAA
I wish I could undertand this Abdul... either way 🤘
@@wiggle seems to me like Abdul is saying:
He's Juan Mata. (additional a's for excitement)
... a professional football player.
i dont understand. if it sounds an alarm then the thieves will just rip it off. I want it for the GPS so can track after stolen. Thieves these days will run you over or stab you for your bike. that alarm will just make them destroy it and then youre fucked.
oh you can turn it off, cool. i like the brake light alone
Yeah you are right...some thieves are pretty unstoppable these days. Think this is more of a deteraint for the ones who try and nick them quitetly. Quite nice to turn the alarm off so you can track it afterwards...
you should not be relying on this as your sole or main means of security. If you take a multi-layered approach, this will be one additional headache for a thief which may cause him to move on to an easier bike to steal.
@@paullevy-adophy9198 people where i live do not care about alarms. They will stab you in the face and take your bike no matter what. if you have a hidden GPS you can recover your bike. if the GPS has an alarm blasting out, the theife will rip it off hence you have no device to recover your bike. Thats my point. Dont alert a dumbarse to where the device is in the first place. My bike is worth nearly 3 thousand pounds theres gangs near me that drive around in stiolen cars and ram you off beat you up and take your bike. a silly little alarm isnt going to stop them. i do have a multilayerd approach. i use my eyes and carry a big axe and a knife.
@@Battl3field it sounds like ya live in London or one of our other rough city areas. Yeah, that ram raiding of cyclists is now a common occurrence. Which is why I am furious with our wimp waste of space lazy arse cops, do-gooder namby-pamby bleeding heart liberal social workers, wimp judiciary and namby-pamby laws.
For starters, given the COVID situation and environmental concerns, theft of a bike or handling a stolen bike should ALWAYS lead to a custodial sentence and YES even for so-called youths. Next, anyone involved in stealing of bikes should have the past six years of their finances examined, with the assumption being that all their funds are derived from crime (this power already exists in our law but lazy arse Crown prosecution Service don't bother to use it except for grandstanding headline grabbing cases), and if there's no good explanation for the source of their income then confiscate every damned thing they own including their damned Nike trainers and Playstation.
Next, if they can't help the police clear up crime by telling the cops who their contacts are for disposal of stolen bikes, then they should be given an addition 33% on the prison sentence.
Next, we should introduce a law similar to that which was introduced in Texas many years ago. Namely, in defence of your property, person or home, you are entitled to use deadly force and any such force, whether resulting in death or not, should be deemed in law to be reasonable. So the prosecution will have the difficult task, in order to secure your conviction, of showing that you were not protecting property etc.
I think those things would put victims back in the driving seat. As it stands now, the lowlife vermin waste of oxygen scum of this world, well at least here in the UK, seem to have the upper hand.
It's too easy to remove by bike thieve's 😱
It's not the hardest thing to remove... but might be enough of a deterrent for some thieves.
Nice guy...garbage (oh wait this is a UK review) Rubbish review. Also the last thing you want is a screaming alarm that can be easily removed from the bicycle, thus losing any kind of real time tracking. Well that is assuming it offers real time tracking and not just a ping here and there. Unfortunately our presenter was too busy playing with it to give us a comprehensive review. 🙄
Sorry it didn't cut the mustard Mr TC871. Hope you find hat you're looking for 🤙
Alarm can be disabled via the app. There is real time tracking.
@@kwameowusu5377 good to know. Thanks
Good review and Idea is cool. would like to see the alarm in action catching some bike robbers.
I mean...that's a hella video idea!
@@wiggle do it! 😄 good excuse to make a funny mini action movie 🤣
Can you use this without a contract? Like just as a bike light & alarm without the tracking?
Do you have to have Vodafone sim line ? Sode it work wothout sim ?
Ok I got 1 of these a year ago and loved it until last Friday when my bike was actually stolen I got notified I ran to find bike gone and 8 days later the tracker still can’t find it says it hasn’t moved police think they heard the alarm and smashed the tracker so beware thieves no what they look like and how to destroy them
Sorry to hear about the bike Derek... the WORST news. As much as these devices may stop prevent some of these thieves it won't stop the committed ones. Hope you find your bike and thanks for the feedback
I cant add the device to smart app. Does not show the curve bike, just the curve. Selected the curve but cant find my device, I even tried to add using the imei
Weird... have you been in contact with who you've bought it from as there is a chance it could be faulty!
@@wiggle thanks for the answer! Yes, I did, he's trying to talk to Vodafone, but I think strange that on the app the curve bike is not listed, just the regular Curve. Thank you
Out of curiosity why is this item not available through your website anymore?
A good question I don’t know the answer to…guessing it sold out 👍
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How do I turn off the alarm. Can I do It on the app
Yes you can 👍
What sim cards can you use with it?
Just an inbuilt Vodafone one... more info on the on the vodafone websites. (it's slightly diffrent in different countries so check first)
Hi all
Quick wee customer review after owning this for around a month/70 miles, great light/tracker for the measly sum of £2.99 for the months subscription.
In my opinion will it stop a thief, probably not nothing will but at least you know when it was no longer part of your possessions, provided the potential thief doesn’t have a brain cell you will also know exactly where it is white in seconds of it moving.
I’ve found using my mirror that drivers behind are a lot more aware of my presence with it on, not sure about the brake light function as I didn’t even know it was available, for the £9.99 it cost me from Vodafone it’s worth every penny, anything that keeps you visible is a definite needed upgrade.
Briefly on the battery output I’ve found it lasts me around the 2/3 days or approximately 50 ish miles of riding on permanent lighting as appose to flashing.
Safe riding.
Hi Trebor. Always great to hear back from users with experience. I'd agree with you 100%. Good light with the tracking and "potential" help from theifs... but won't stop the committed ones! Thanks for the feedback